CVE-2003-0476 Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.4.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004190
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Aug 2003
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Aug 2003

CVE-2003-0476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file descriptors.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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